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Avial

Hope this post finds you all in good colors! Here I come again after a tiny gap, with a yummy, tasty, healthy and traditional South Indian Curry, Avial. I love Avial! (read in block letters!) Yes, to an extent that I don't need rice or Adai to go with it. I simply like to relish the bowlful.

I am sure there are various methods to prepare Avial; so I am sharing with you amma's version. I have also tasted other variations like Avial with Onion-Tomato, Avial with Tamarind, each of them tasty in their own way. Hope one day I'll post all of them!

*I have used Raw Banana, Carrot, German Turnip, Potato, Cluster beans, Beans. Ash-gourd, Yam, Drumstick are also best vegetables for Avial.

How to do:
1. Wash and cut the vegetables into long pieces. Boil them till they turn soft.
2. In a deep bottomed vessel, heat Coconut oil and add mustard seeds.
3. When they crackle, add Curry leaves and asafoetida.
4. Now add the boiled vegetables (along with the water used to boil them). Add salt as needed.
5. When they come to a boil, add the ground coconut mixture and give a good mix.
6. Bring to a boil and remove from flame. Now add the thick curd and mix well.

Serve with rice and appalam or Adai.

Notes:
1. Use only coconut oil for tempering as it gives that special flavor. Also before serving, add a generous amount of coconut oil, mix well and serve.
2. If you are including Drumstick, cook them separately as they can get mushy too easily.
3. A little sour curd will enhance the taste.
4. If you have Banana leaves to spare, keep the lid of the vessel tightly closed with a banana leaf. The flavor and smell is just too good!

T&T Tandoori Mushroom Capsicum Tikka Rice from Sushma's blogSushma, we all know is such a innovative cook. I get excited everytime she posts an Indo-Chinese dish or Tandoori dish, as she not only does it in a simple way, she also ensures it is so tasty and delicious. I always wanted to try her preparations; So I chose this Tandoori Mushroom and Capsicum Tikka Ricefor a lunch when DH was working from home. Not only did the otherwise I-wont-eat-Mushroom-Person loved it, he also asked me to make it often. Thanks Sushma for sharing it with us the wonderful recipe, we simply loved it!

Award time:
Akal's Saappadu has passed this to me.Kanchan has tagged me again with the Kreative blogger award. She wants us tell yet another 7 interesting (or not interesting!) things about ourselves. So here you go!1. I am or rather was a very short-tempered person. I have refined a lot over years, especially after marriage. DH has played a major role in moulding me! ;)
2. I get real terrible dreams. Often I dream that I have become blind or I am surrounded by Crocodiles, wake up screaming and bring down the whole house. So don't you dare to sleep next to me ;)
3. I have only 26 teeth. Rest of them has been taken away in the process of installing bridges and setting my teeth right. :(
4. I love reading books, ok this one is old.. I love reading the same books again and again. Like for example, I have read Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game more than 5 times and Dan Brown's Da Vinci code for more than 4 times. Crazy, ain't I?
5. I like to have Tea as many times in a day as I can (though I have it just once!).
6. I am the only person in my family who loves Dogs.. So much.. So much.. That I like to pet and cuddle all the dogs on the road going for a walk ;)
7. As much as I used to hate Greens, I just love them now! And I really miss them now, as we get only selected varieties here.

Thansk buddies for sharing your happiness with me too!
Guess I have bored you all enough. Here I sign off promising to see you all with another interesting recipe! Till then, Happy Cooking and Happy Blogging!

PS: Does the spell-check feature in the Editor (of Blogger) work for you all? It doesn't, for me! :(

Love aviyal...my all time fav. I like this version with yogurt too :-) This reminds me of the aviyal that my Tamilian friend makes and shares with me :DI love "master of the game" and "Da vinci code" too..But never read them more than once..lol..Good to see you back in action :-)

Avial and Mushroom rice looks really good.. your version of avial is entirely different from what we make.. Even in Kerala itself there diff version of Avial from south to North...And congrats for your award...

Me too rohini,i love to have the whole bowl of aviyal....yummy...yours is almost same like my version..will post it soon...n the 7 secrets is so interesting....always you rock..i started blogging after seeing yours..I don't know why i feel so close to you like a childhood buddy...keep rocking dearie...oh..i forgot...congrats on ur award...:)

Congratulation on your awards!!Loved reading about you. And no you aren't the only person who has read Sidney's novel 4 times (i'm crazy too).....I've read this book quite a few times now, and I still marvel at Sidney Sheldon's writing creativity. My fav is "If tomorrow comes".Very interesting to know about your dreams..:-)Deepa

Nice avial.... About your dream.....You have a pair. I used to get same kind of dreams. Crocodile trying to eat me. or a 3 headed lion chasing me...... :D Funny. But I haven't screamed soo far. I blabber something.... :D

Dreams are forever so funny.... Koi sir pair hi nahi rehta hai..... I wonder why do we dream such stuffs.... As a kid, I always dreamt of rolling down from my ceiling...that is the typical Mangalorean style homes... with Mangalore tiles.... I would roll down & a tiger is waiting for me below.....

I loved those preps too.... It was nice knowing u .... a bit more of course... I'm away from u, because of your temper..may be....!!!!

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